Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
CHECKING DISCHA9GE END OF MAIN A #1 BELT OPENED DOOR AT CHUTE AND PLACED HAND ON DOOR FRAME.ROCK FLEW OFF BELT AND STRUCK ON BACK OF LEFT HAND AND CAUSED FX AND LACERATION.
September 15, 1986PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
MAN WAS STANDIN1 NEXT TO A S/CAR ON & TURNED CAR ON CAR DRIFTED & PINNED MAN AGAINST A WOOD POST CAUSING BRUISES & SWELLING TO HIPS & LEGS & RIGHT HAND.
August 18, 1986PA · Coalroof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helperPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A BELT CHUTE WHEN THE BELT WAS IN ADVERTENTY TURNED ON RUNNING VICTIM INTO THE CHUTE, CAUSING BRUISES TO THE BACK AND STRAIN TO TENDENS IN THE RIGHT ELBOW AND THUMB.
May 16, 1986PA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SHUTTLE CAR SHE STATED SHUTTLECAR STRUCK A HOLE CAUSING HER NECK TO BE JARRED SHE WORKED THE FOLLOWING SHIFT AND REPORTED FOR HER SHIFT ON 2-24-86
February 19, 1986PA · Coalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
SHOVELING LOOSE3MATERIAL IN BELT /TRACK ENTRY.SHOVELFULL THROWN ONTO CONVEYOR BELT.ROCK ON BELT CAUGHT SHOVEL AND TURNED MAN SUDDENLY CAUSING LOWER ABDOMEN STRAIN RESULTING IN DOUBLE HERNIA.
Upshur Coals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS SETTING3IN CROSSCUT 2 TO 1 OBSERVING THE MINER OPERATING IN #2 ENTRY THE BATTERY SCOOP CAME UP #2 ENTRY AND TURNED INTO THE CROSSCUT 2 TO 1 WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE CAUGHT HIS LEGS A AND FEET FRACTU9ING THE TIBIA AND FIBULA OF THE RIGHT LEG AND BRUISING LEFT FOOT
November 4, 1985PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL IN BELT TRACK ENTRY.SHOVEL FULL THROWN ONTO CONVEYOR BELT.ROCK ON BELT CAUGHT SHOVEL AND TURNED MAN SUDDENLY CAUSING LOWER ABDOMEN STRAIN RESULTING IN DOUBLE HERNIA.
December 11, 1984PA · Coalroof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helperPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT RUNNING OF SHUTTLE CAR CREATES STRAIN ON HIS BACK.ON 12-03-84 HE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND CONSTRUCTED MOVEMENT HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 12-03-84 AND I WAS INFORMED ON 12- 04-84, HE WAS DIAGNOISED AS HAVING BACK STRAIN.
MAN WAS MOVING MINE CABLE AWAY FROM MINER MINER OPERATOR TURNER MACHINE AND STRUCK MAN MAN SLIPPED DOWN AND STRUCK CHIN ON MINER TAIL CAUSING A LACERATION 16 STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.
October 10, 1984PA · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossPOWERED HAULAGE
TAIL ROLLER OF SLOPE BOLT JAMMED WITH COAL WHEN COAL SHUTE BECAME JAMMED DUE TO ROCK INJURED MAN CRAWLER BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM BOLT AT TAIL ROLLER TO CLEAN SAME BELT JERKED AND PULLED MAN U NDER TAIL ROLLER MAN RECEIVED CRAH INJURED TO BOTH LEGS, FRACTURED PELVIS AND INTERUM INJUREIS.
September 24, 1984PA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
INJURED MAN WAS GETTING ON THE SECTION CONVEYOR BELT THE MAN LOST HIS BALANCE FELL ONTO BELT FRACTURING RIGHT INDEX FINGER ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE C2 004 0 WORKING SECTION.
August 29, 1984PA · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossPOWERED HAULAGE
INJ KNEELING ON MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR CHAIN EXAMING COAL FEED GATE ANOTHER MAN ACCIDENTLY STARTED CONVEYOR CHAIN.INJ MAN FEET BECAME LODGED BETWEEN COAL FEED GATE AND CONVEYOR CHAIN CAUSING F RACTURE OF BOTH ANKLES.ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN C-2 004-0 WORKING SECTION.
August 20, 1984WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING OUTSIDE IN A PORTAL BUS HE WAS SITTING CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE BUS AND HAD HIS FOOT PARTIALLY OUT HIS FOOT HITLOOSE PIECE OF COAL AND ROLLED HIS FOOT BACK SPRAINING HIS AN KLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A PORTAL BUS WHEN THE PORTAL BUS HIT A DIP IN THE TRACK CAUSING A JARRING MOTION WHICH ALLOWED THE EMPLOYEE TO RISE AND DROP ON HIS TAIL BONE.
INJURED MAN WAS TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE IN A FORWARD MOTION MAN WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE AND A WOOD POST CAUSING A FRACTURED PELVIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE #31 ROOM OF THE B21R 0001-0 WORKING SECTION
May 8, 1984PA · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
INJURED MAN WAS DESCENDING A GRADE & CURVE THE CABLE REEL DID NOT PICK UP THE TRAILING CBALE MAN REACHED UNDER S/C TO REMOVE THE CABLE. THE CAR DRIFTED FORWARD CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE S/C SEAT & MINE FLOOR CAUSING A FRACTURE & LACERATIONS OF THE LEFT HAND THUMB. ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE C-2 004-0 WORKING SECTION.
April 14, 1984PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
INJ MAN WAS STANDING NEXT TO COAL RIB AT THE BELT TAILPIECE THE SHUTTLECAR BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER MAN KNOCKED OUT A WOODEN CURVE POST THE POST WAS THROWN FOR A DISTANCE OF 25 FT STRUCK MAN ON LOWER JAW CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE C5 059 0 WORKING SECTION
April 4, 1984PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
INJURED MAN GOT ON THE SECTION CONVEYOR WHILE IT WAS IN THE REVERSE MOTION AT THE TIME MAN WAS TROWN OFF THE BELT ONTO THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING A STRAIN OF THE GROIN. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN C-2 004-0 WORKING SECTION.
INJURED MAN WAS POUNDING ICE OFF BELT ROLLERS WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER AND HIS LEFT HAND WENT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE BELT ROLLER CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT HAND
February 21, 1984WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
MAN WAS OPERATING MOBLIE BRIDGE ATTACHED TO ANOTHER MOBILE BRIDGE BUDDY MOVED HIS BRIDGE JUST AS MAN WAS GETTING OUT OF 2ND BRIDGE MOVEMENT OF 1ST BRIDGE TWISTED 2ND BRIDGE PINNING MANS LEGS BETWEEN MOBILE BRIDGE AND LOW BELT STRUCTURE BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS OF RT KNEE AREA
October 22, 1983PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
MAN WAS BACK DRAGGING SLOPE OF REFUSE PILE WITH A DOZER BACK OF OPERATORS SEAT SLIPPED CAUSING BACK OF SEAT AND MAN TO FALL BACKWARDS MAN STRUCK HEAD ON REAR WINDOW OF CAB CAUSING SEVERE NECK STRAIN
October 14, 1983PA · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE